Campbellsville College
N 37° 20.646 W 085° 20.953
16S E 646221 N 4134323
CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLEGE
Entrance to campus, 200 W. College St., Campbellsville
Waymark Code: WMH3T5
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2013
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Founded as Russell Creek Academy by Russell Creek Assoc. of Baptists in 1906. C.R. Hoskins sold ten-acre site for $1,000. On founding committee were J.L. Atkinson, J.R. Davis, George Durrett, James Garnett, Jr., S.E. Kerr, W.R. Lyon, B.W. Penick, Alexander Shively, W.T. Underwood, and H.C. Wood. Presented by Campbellsville College.
(Reverse) Campbellsville College - Traveling central Kentucky by buggy, L.C. Kelly, T.E. Ennis, H.S. Robinson, Abel Harding, Ed Henderson, C.M. and J.R. Durham raised funds needed to maintain Russell Creek Academy. Institution became Campbellsville Junior College in 1924. Administration Building with classrooms and library burned in 1939. Rebuilt and became senior college, 1960.
Marker Name: CAMPBELLSVILLE COLLEGE
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 1924
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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